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educe

/ɪˈduːs/ US
/ə-/ US
/ɪˈdjuːs/ UK
/ə-/ UK

Rhymes with -uːs

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin ēdūcere (“lead out, raise up”); from ex- (“out, up”) + dūcō (“lead, pull”).

verb educes · educing · educed

archaic, transitive To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
transitive To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
transitive To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop. The justice of God may be vindicated by a belief in a future state; but, only by believing that evil is educing good for the individual, and not for an imaginary whole.
transitive To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
transitive To cause or generate; to bring about.

noun

An inference.

Translations

Every language

verb to infer, deduce

Español	educir

verb draw out, bring forth; elicit

Español	educir

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@misc{educe_2026,
  title = {educe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/educe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}